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“An alliance of the world’s leading airlines, working as one.”
Founded: February 1, 1999
Headquarters: New York City
Website: oneworld.com
| Oneworld Partner Airlines | |||
| Alaska Airlines | Fiji Airways (Oneworld Connect) | Malaysia Airlines | Royal Jordanian |
| American Airlines | Finnair | Oman Air (joining in 2024) | Royal Air Maroc |
| British Airways | Iberia | Qantas | S7 Airlines (temporarily suspended) |
| Cathay Pacific | Japan Airlines | Qatar Airways | SriLankan Airlines |
* Oneworld alliance includes ~30 “affiliate” members, which are generally regional airlines that are owned by/have strong commercial links with Oneworld’s full members.
Consistent with the other major airline alliances, the Oneworld alliance itself does not host an individual frequent flyer program.
To achieve Oneworld status, members must first accrue status through their respective partner airline of choice. Once this is achieved, an equivalent Oneworld tier status is issued (see “status equivalents” below).
Miles earned through multiple different airline programs cannot be combined to reach the designation for Oneworld status.
That being said, passengers traveling on eligible flights operated by Oneworld member airlines will accrue miles/points that can be redeemed across the entire Oneworld network.
| Oneworld Tier | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald |
| Earn/Redeem Miles on All Oneworld Member Airlines | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Earn Tier Points on All Oneworld Airlines | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access to Business Class Priority Check-In | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access to Preferred/Pre-Reserved Seating | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Priority Reservation Waitlist/Standby | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access to Business Class Lounges | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Priority Boarding | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Extra Baggage Allowance | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Priority Baggage Handling | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Access to First Class Priority Check-In | ✓ | ||
| Access to First Class Lounges | ✓ | ||
| Access to Fast Track at Security Checkpoints | ✓ |
* Some limitations and exceptions may apply.
With Oneworld Connect partners like Fiji Airways, you will enjoy the following perks depending on your status:
Ruby: When your respective tier status is equivalent to Oneworld Ruby, you may take advantage of the following benefits, no matter which Oneworld airline you are flying or cabin class you’re assigned.
Access to Business Class Priority Check-In
Access to Preferred/Pre-Reserved Seating (Where Offered)
Priority on Waitlists and When on Standby (Where Offered)
Sapphire: When your respective tier status is equivalent to Oneworld Sapphire, you may take advantage of the following benefits, no matter which Oneworld airline you are flying or cabin class you’re assigned.
All of the above Ruby benefits plus the following differences/additions:
Access to Preferred/Pre-Reserved Seating (Where Offered)
Access to Over 650 Airport Lounges When Traveling Internationally.*
* Exceptions apply; more lounge details here.
Access to Priority Boarding
Extra Baggage Allowance*
* Benefit not available for BA “Hand Baggage Only” fares for short-haul routes. For LAN operated domestic routes, 2 bags with a combined weight not exceeding 50.7 pounds (23 kg.) are allowed.
Priority Baggage Handling
* Not available on flights operated by BA
Emerald: When your respective tier status is equivalent to Oneworld Emerald, you may take advantage of the following benefits, no matter which Oneworld airline you are flying or cabin class you’re assigned.
Access to all of the above Ruby and Sapphire benefits are included plus the following differences/additions:
Access to Preferred/Pre-Reserved Seating (Where Offered)
Access to Over 650 Airport Lounges When Traveling Internationally.*
* Exceptions apply; more lounge details here.
Extra Baggage Allowance*
* Benefit not available for BA “Hand Baggage Only/Basic” fares
Fast Track Through Security (At Select Airports for Select Carriers)
Listed below are the status equivalencies for each of the member airlines. As mentioned above, in order to achieve Oneworld tier status, individuals must first achieve status through their respective member airline.
Alaska Airlines
American Airlines
British Airways
Cathay Pacific
Finnair
Iberia
Japan Airlines
Malaysia Airlines
Qantas
Qatar Airways
Royal Air Maroc
Royal Jordanian
S7 Airlines (Temporarily Suspended)
SriLankan Airlines
Here’s the ultimate airline elite status and alliance elite status equivalency chart:
| Airline and Frequent Flyer Program | Oneworld Ruby | Oneworld Sapphire | Oneworld Emerald | |
| Alaska Airlines | Mileage Plan | MVP | MVP Gold | MVP Gold 75 |
| American Airlines | AAdvantage | Gold | Platinum
Platinum Pro | Executive Platinum |
| British Airways | Executive Club | Bronze | Silver | Gold |
| Cathay Pacific | The Marco Polo Club | Silver | Gold | Diamond |
| Finnair | Finnair Plus | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
| Iberia | Iberia Plus | Silver | Gold | Infinita Prime
Iberia Plus Infinita Iberia Plus Singular Iberia Plus Platinum |
| Japan Airlines | Japan Airlines Mileage Bank | Crystal | Sapphire | Diamond |
| Japan Airlines Global Club | – | Member
Crystal Sapphire | Premier
Diamond | |
| Malaysia Airlines | Enrich | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
| Qantas | Qantas Frequent Flyer | Silver | Gold | Platinum
Platinum One |
| Qatar Airways | Privilege Club | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
| Royal Air Maroc | Safar Flyer | Silver | Gold | Platinum/Ambassador |
| Royal Jordanian | Royal Club | Silver JAY | Gold SPARROW | Platinum HAWK |
| S7 Airlines | S7 Priority | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
| SriLankan Airlines | FlySmiLes | Classic | Gold | Platinum |
Oneworld offers a Global Support Team service in select airports around the world. These teams consist of connection experts that are ready to assist in person with transfers between member airline flights.
This is achieved through the constant monitoring of connecting flights. If a Global Support agent deems your flight connection at risk, they will meet and assist you whenever possible. This may include the use of fast-track immigration and security lanes to assist in catching the next flight.
Additionally, this service is extended to member baggage to increase the likelihood of the baggage accompanying the member to the final destination.
Similarly, the Global Support Team assists in providing services if a member has missed a connecting flight. These services can include updated travel information, new boarding passes, and assistance with overnight accommodations (where applicable).
Oneworld Global Support Counters can be found at the following airports:
Due to the number of cooperating airlines, providing travelers with opportunities for global travel is simplified within alliance networks.
Oneworld provides the following global travel options:
For more information on these fares, please visit the global travel option page on Oneworld’s website.
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72 comments
Ali Memarzadeh
July 20, 2018
Hello,
I have status with BA and CX , I would like to get the One world status based on mine with these Airlines.
How can I do it.
Regards/Ali
Christine Krzyszton
July 24, 2018
As Erin mentions in her article, “The oneworld alliance itself does not host an individual frequent flyer program”. When you earn status in one of the oneworld alliance members, like BA and CX as you mentioned, those status levels you have earned equate to the corresponding oneworld alliance statuses of Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald. For instance if you have Diamond status on CX, you have oneworld Emerald status. The charts in the article tell you which airline status matches up with which oneworld alliance level. You do not have to do anything as these are awarded automatically and you will see the oneworld alliance status noted on your boarding passes and membership cards.
Rajjinder Kaur Bhullar
September 12, 2018
Hi,
I have enrich miles. How do i redeem using the enrich miles to either JAL or Cathay?
Marina Butler
November 01, 2018
Hello,
I’m hoping to communicate with Holly Clarke. I traveled on British booked by Viking Cruise, from Arlanda Stockholm to Heathrow and on to Denver. Ms. Clarke was able to help a friend in removing the points earned from this flight (British Airways) I’m hoping you can direct me to Ms. Clarke so that she can help me.
Thank You in advance,
Marina
Erin Miller
November 01, 2018
Hi Marina – Please note we are not British Airways, nor are we Star Alliance or the company Viking Cruise.
We are Upgraded Points, a website dedicated to providing posts and articles related to points, miles, and travel and as such, cannot assist you.
I suggest you contact the company for which this individual works, directly.
Amt
November 10, 2018
Hi
I’m gold-status through Enrich (Malaysia Airlines). But when I was flying Qatar airways, they refused to give me privileges unless I check in using Enrich Membership number. Now, the issue here is that the miles will go to Malaysia Airlines and the transfer rate is very bad! I wanted miles to accrue to Qatar’s QMiles program, and still be able to use Sapphire (Gold) level privileges by showing my Enrich card. Is this how the oneworld partners operate ? Want some advice here. TIA
Stephen Au
November 21, 2018
Hey Amt,
Unfortunately, you will need to pick one or the other. You can either enjoy Enrich elite status or you can get Qatar miles since you can only credit to one frequent flyer program.
Lonn
March 15, 2019
Hi,
Is there a credit card program linked to oneworld or their partners that allows you to earn miles through spending?
And if yes, do you need to book everything with just that partner or will it also count through other oneworld partners (as it does in Star Alliance).
Thanks!
Stephen Au
March 19, 2019
Hey Lonn,
Thanks for reading. Alliance are complex beasts. The short answer is that there’s no “Star Alliance” or “oneworld” miles that can be used on any of the alliance partners. You’ll need to accrue miles on a specific airline and spend those miles for travel on their partners.
For example, if you have an American Airlines credit card, your daily spending will earn American Airlines miles. You can then use the American Airlines miles to book travel on oneworld partners such as Qatar Airways or British Airways. Hope this helps.
Domenico
March 23, 2019
Hi. I was wondering how can I use British Avios to book a flight with Air Italy? Air Italy has the Avios program as a part of Qatar Airways. Or Can I transfer Avios from BA to Air Italy? Thank you:)
Christine Krzyszton
March 25, 2019
Hello Domenico. Although I am not an expert at redeeming British Airways Avios, I have seen flights operated by Air Italy when searching for award flights on the BA web site. I would try searching there.
Najat
May 30, 2022
Hello. I just came back from a trip in business class from Geneva to Bali with Qatar Airways and forgot to add my miles on my card when I checked in. How can I credit the miles now?
Christine Krzyszton
May 31, 2022
Hi Najat. The easiest way is to log in to your Privilege Club account, select “Claim Missing QMiles” on your dashboard, then add the ticket number and your member number.
Patrick Doyle
July 05, 2019
I have AA platinum pro status which equates to Sapphire on Oneworld. And when I book on Qatar, I use my AA frequent flyer number (therefore, I do not accrue miles or obtain status on Qatar directly). Every time I go to use the Qatar Al Maha services, it says I cannot because I am not a Gold/Platinum member on Qatar nor have Oneworld status. I thought that if I was Sapphire for one airline that I would have that for all Oneworld airlines – am I missing something Please help.
Jarrod West
July 10, 2019
Hi Patrick,
If you have Oneworld Sapphire status and are no being permitted to access a site that Oneworld Sapphire membership have access to then something is certainly off. For this issue, you would need to contact Qatar airlines directly to see if they can grant you access to Qatar Al Maha services.
David Taylor
March 22, 2022
Patrick Doyle’s concern/issue is common. I have had the same issue, and Qatar will not listen or remedy the issue. Qatar does not honor the other OneWorld partner’s status, and they dodge the issue. I have experienced this both in DOH being sent to several different desks with no resolution. I have also experienced this on the US side being transferred between customer service reps with no resolution. I have a long layover in JFK in a few weeks so I plan to visit both the OneWorld desk and the Qatar desk. I’ll report back any updates. I am flying with Sapphire (AA Platinum) through Doha on Qatar on this upcoming trip.
Sam
September 29, 2022
Qatar Al Maha service is only for Qatar airways premium customers. It’s not extended to one world members. As one world sapphire they will offer you lounges (and important to remember that Doha doesn’t offer their business class lounge to sapphire and have instead made another lounge for one world sapphire). This is clearly mentioned in one world features as well on their website. Likewise BA doesn’t offer its arrival lounge to oneworld nor its concord lounge.
Irene Uy
August 18, 2019
I used to fly via Cathay Pacific. Just got home from a vacation in Australia and New Zealand via Qantas. How can I credit miles earned from this flight? Do I apply for through Qantas Miles program as a new member?
Thanks
Jarrod West
August 19, 2019
Hi Irene,
Yes, if you want to earn Qantas miles for the flight you need to create an account with Qantas. Afterwards, you will need to submit a request to have the miles credited to your account since the number was not entered during booking.
Thanks for reading!
Drew Cvnnar
October 27, 2019
I am an American Airlines Platinum member and therefor am One World Sapphire. I live in Australia and fly Qantas regularly. Qantas does not extend most of the benefits of One World Sapphire. Including priority bags, extra baggage allowance, and priority boarding. They also will not allow us to access business lounges but rather their Qantas Club (one step lower). When I bring up these issues with Qantas, they are not very receptive, and often rude about it. So not sure what this alliance does for folks who live abroad.
hady
December 10, 2019
Hi,
I know this is a dumb question and I probably know the answer already but if I use Avios to book BA First class flight and put in my Malaysian Enrich card number will I receive Enrich miles? I saw this in an article:
“Fly with British Airways First Class to various destinations around the world. You will need 106,000 miles, but with most routing combinations you will earn slightly more than the 100,000 miles required for Platinum status. If it’s still not enough, you can easily earn more Enrich Miles online at the rate of EUR 25 per 1,000 miles. This means you can earn 6,000 more miles in the worst case for just EUR 150. ”
Thanks
Stephen Au
December 11, 2019
Hi Hady,
You won’t earn any miles for any award flights 99% of the time. You only earn miles for flights paid in cash. This paragraph you quoted discusses the ability to purchase miles to book a specific flight if you’re short on miles and don’t have enough. Thanks for reading.
Hady
December 11, 2019
Hi Stephen,
I thought as much. I think I just misread the article.
Sanjay Shah
December 30, 2019
I have been using American, Qatar and BA but would like to transfer all my miles to American and start building a status with American. Is that possible? Do I loose a lot of miles while transferring the miles?
Jarrod West
December 30, 2019
Hi Sanjay,
Unfortunately, you cannot transfer miles from Qatar or British Airways to American Airlines. However, moving forward, you can credit the miles earned when flying those carriers to American by including your American loyalty number at booking.
Farhan Adam
January 02, 2020
Hi guys,
Is it possible to upgrade using Qmiles on Sri Lankan or Malaysian Airlines?
I’m planning to shift all activities to Qmiles, I have a total of 60,000 miles on 3 different programs but all from One world alliance, but unfortunately we cannot merge it.
Stephen Au
January 04, 2020
Farhan,
You cannot use Qmiles to upgrade Sri Lankan or Malaysian Airlines flights. You can only upgrade Qatar Airways flights.
Maria
January 06, 2020
I have Platinum status on AA, I am looking to fly to London on BA. Is it better to book my flight with AA code share or directly with BA to be able to get the One World sapphire privileges (Seat selection etc..)
Jarrod West
January 06, 2020
Hi Maria,
You will receive the Oneworld Sapphire privileges regardless of which airline you book with, as they are both Oneworld partners. However, given your Platinum status with AA, you’ll be more likely to receive an upgraded when flying their metal.
Thanks for reading!
Leith Freeman
March 12, 2020
How can I find out my number as a One World member.
Thankyou, Theola Leith Freeman
NEW ZEALAND
Christine Krzyszton
March 13, 2020
Hello Leith. You would not have a One World member number, you would have a loyalty program number with a specific airline that belongs to the One World Alliance. Qantas, for example. You can call the specific airline frequent flier program and they can find the number for you.
Derek
April 13, 2020
If I book a flight with Oneworld Sapphire status now, (AA platinum plus), but don’t have the status at the time of the flight, would I still get the benefits when I fly on a partner airline (access to lounges, checked baggage, seat assignment)
Jarrod West
April 13, 2020
Hi Derek,
No, you must still have the elite status at the time of your flight to receive those benefits.
Michael L
June 28, 2020
I have some flights booked with BA with my BA number. Now I have received One World Saphire with Qatar, how do I add this to my BA flights? If I log into the website I see the BA Number, but nowhere can I indicate I am a One World Sapphire member? How does this work?
Jarrod West
June 29, 2020
Hi Michael,
When flying with BA you’ll want to enter your Qatar loyalty number instead, since that is the account where you earned Oneworld Sapphire with. This will should automatically prompt BA to recognize your status. It also does not hurt to carry your physical Oneworld card with you.
Thanks for reading!
Michele
November 04, 2021
Aloha!
I am flying LAX to Munich round trip on AA and I am an Alaska Air MVP (equates to One World Ruby). I booked my flight with award travel (all miles), and on the AA website I’m not able to change my advantage number over to my alaska number which would reflect my one world ruby status. I know I don’t accrue any miles since I booked with an award ticket, but hoping to still get any sort of one world travel benefits especially with our flight on BA from Munich to LHR. Any help with this would be appreciated!
Jarrod West
November 11, 2021
Hi Michele,
You would have to call the American Airlines customer service team at 1-800-433-7300 to have them manually change it to your Alaska number so that you can receive your Oneworld Ruby benefits. Safe travels!
JJ
January 03, 2022
I booked a reward economy ticket using my AAdvantge Miles where I dont have status. However, I am Marco Polo (CX) Diamond (OneWorld Emerald). I tried changing my Frequent Flier Progam on the Itinerary online however the AA website wont allow me to. I just want to know if I could enjoy the baggage allowance as a OneWorld Emerald based on Cathay Marco Polo Program if my reward ticket is c/o American Airlines wherein I am a lowly regular member? Would just showing my Marco Polo digital membership card as OW Diamond on check-in be enough or will I be at the mercy of the check in agent?
Jarrod West
January 06, 2022
Hi JJ,
You likely would be at the mercy of the check-in agent. However, you should be able to call AA and have them add your Marco Polo number to the reservation manually if you’re willing to deal with a potentially long hold time.
Jenifer R
January 19, 2022
Thank you so much for taking the time to review my question!
I have Sapphire status with Alaska Airlines and would like to fly to London in the Summer of 2022 on British Airways if I’m reading this correctly when I book the flight via BA.com I just need to add my Alaska Airlines flyer number and it will recognize that I have this status? I need to book the flight via BA because I have a travel credit of $1800 due to a canceled flight in 2020 around COVID. This is a once in a life time trip with my Mom so I want to make sure I’m getting the best offerings with my Alaska status.
Jarrod West
January 22, 2022
Hi Jenifer,
Yes, if you add your Alaska number to your booking then your Oneworld Sapphire status will be recognized.
Kerrianne
January 24, 2022
I have Oneworld Emerald status and want to book a flight from Newark to Athens using my Alaska miles on Emirates. I’m only able to book in business class or economy. If I book in business class, is there any chance that I will be upgraded to first class?
Jarrod West
January 25, 2022
Hi Kerrianne,
Emirates is not a Oneworld partner, and usually, Oneworld partner benefits do not include complimentary upgrades on other airlines. So, it is highly unlikely that you would be upgraded to first class on your flight.
Sanjiv Nundy
March 23, 2022
I happen to have a good number of points on BA (Gold Status), and I am flying to Egypt by Royal Jordanian, which also happens to be a OneWorld airline member. When I get points on RJ how do I link these points with the points I have with BA? Do I have to give my BA frequent Flyer membership number on the RJ ticket or can I have both RJ and BA membership numbers on the ticket?
Jarrod West
March 24, 2022
Hi Sanjiv,
You cannot move Royal Jordanian points to British Airways, but if you input your British Airways Club number during booking then you’ll receive British Airways Avios and Tier Points for the Royal Jordanian flight.
Catriona
April 09, 2022
I am Silver with British Airways. I have just booked tickets on Qantas from Sydney to Auckland and Auckland to Melbourne for November this year. I booked on the Qantas website. I have entered my BA Exec Club number. These flights are not coming up in my BAExecutive Club online account. How do I ensure the points and Avios (if any?) earned are credited to my BA account? Will I need to send in my boarding cards to BA? Or perhaps there is a way to upload them?
Or does Quantas inform BA?
I have assumed it is not wise to join the Qantas frequent flyer programme just for these few flights and since I want the points to go into by BA account to help retain Silver next year.
Any help would be great.
Thank you.
Jarrod West
April 09, 2022
Hi Catriona,
Since to the flight was booked through, and is operated by Qantas, it will not show up as an upcoming flight in your British Airways account. But rest assured that you will receive both the Avios and Tier Points in your BA account for entering your BA Executive Club number. There is nothing you need to do to ensure this happens, it should credit automatically a few days after your flight has completed. If for some reason it doesn’t, then you can contact BA and they will retroactively apply the credit.
Evril Lewis
April 21, 2022
I recently traveled to Barbados on British Airways, I presented my American Advantage card to have my miles through the One World alliance and was told it was done. Came back and checked with AA only to discover the miles were not added. How do I fix this problem?
Stephen Au
April 21, 2022
Hi Evril,
Please follow this link to request AA miles for your BA flight:
https://www.aa.com/forms/request-flight-miles/
Peter
April 28, 2022
Does anyone know why there are zero AA flights for reward flights using Avios on BA? I called AA and they said to ask BA. I called BA and they told me to as AA. Pre-Covid I never had a problem booking AA reward flights on BA website. Just trying to find out what is going on.
Abraham
May 03, 2022
There seems to be some misdirection by One World. Although they claim that once obtaining Sapphire status you get the benefits of priority boarding, free luggage etc throughout all the airlines in the network, in practice it is not true. when I booked a ticket through american airlines and tried getting these benefits (I even called) I learnt that I would have to put the Royal Air Maroc Frequent travel number (that is where I earned my Sapphire status from) on the reservation and earn my points there and not my AA number on the reservation in order to get the benefits. Which would in turn mean I would not get the points or flight credit in my AA account.
Vic Clad
June 08, 2022
Does anyone know what airlines will match tier status? I am a Qantas platinum frequent flyer but am tired of how terrible Qantas has become and I would like to change my loyalty to another airline however I would like to retain the status I have earned. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Jarrod West
June 08, 2022
Hi Vic,
The website https://www.statusmatcher.com/ is a great tool for this!
dan hewitt
June 13, 2022
Is Air Canada part of one world or not?
Jarrod West
June 13, 2022
Hi Dan,
Air Canada is part of Star Alliance.
Scott
July 26, 2022
I’m currently trying to book six business class tickets from ATH to DEN in July 2023. I can find award availability up to four seats on both Qantas and British Airways website. If I book, I’ll be transferring either UR or Amex Membership Rewards to the airlines. Are these four seats I’m seeing on each website the “same” four seats? Put another way, if I book four on British Airways will the four on Qantas disappear such that I wouldn’t be able to book my additional two? I certainly don’t want to risk transferring a bunch of points into either program and not be able to book the six. Thanks
Jarrod West
July 26, 2022
Hi Scott,
If you call the booking team at British Airways they should be able to tell you whether the inventory you are seeing is the same or not. Best of luck!
Jeremy Johnson
October 10, 2022
Hi,
I have booked a flight on Qantas from Auckland to Sydney and then a few days later Sydney to L.A. I have One World Emerald Status through Alaska Airlines and had extra leg room seats on both flights, but just had my Sydney to LAX flight changed by Qantas and was put into a regular seat. I have called multiple times and keep being told I can’t get extra leg room seats because I am an Alaska Airlines member and not Qantas. Doesn’t my One World Emerald status work across all members of the alliance and shouldn’t I get upgraded extra leg room seats? When I originally booked the seats and before the flight change I had upgraded seats, but they aren’t honoring that and I don’t understand why. Any help or clarity would be much appreciated.
Dominic
December 01, 2022
Question:
I have OneWorld Ruby from my MVP Status with Alaska Airlines . However, I have an upcoming booking with British Air that was purchased as an award ticket with American Airlines so my AAdvantage account is linked to the reservation.
Do I still have the Oneworld Ruby privileges (i.e. Priority Lane airport Check in & 7-Day window for free seat booking) for this booking given those details?
Jarrod West
December 01, 2022
Hi Dominic,
Not unless you add your Alaska number to your booking. If you booked through American you can call their help line and they should be able to add it for you.
Tim Chapman
January 10, 2023
I have BA Executive Club Bronze status, BA tells us that I am entitled to free seat selection 7 days in advance on OneWorld Airlines but Qatar Airlines will not honour this and want to charge. Does anyone have any information on whether this is correct?
Jarrod West
January 30, 2023
Hi Tim,
The Oneworld website states that you have Access to preferred or pre-reserved seating* (*In accordance with the individual policy of the Oneworld airline operating the flight.)
TomW
April 20, 2023
Qatar grants a half price seat rez for your OW status. Their website let me reserve but wouldn’t let me pay and seal the deal. Called Qatar CS but they wanted to charge full price, and no amount of explaining OW status would change their mind. But CS did something and one flight (the long one) does have the reservations I wanted, no charge. So maybe call ’em and see if you get lucky? I’d like to know how seat rez on BA works out, not seeing much on their website
Brett
January 28, 2023
Hi, I have status on American Airlines. I will be taking an Alaska Airlines flight soon. How will Alaska know about my status so I can get the benefits?
Jarrod West
January 28, 2023
Hi Brett,
You need to input your American Airlines number during booking. If you skipped that then you can contact Alaska add they can add it to your reservation.
Jessica
February 04, 2023
I am a OneWorld Emerald (OWE) through Alaska Airlines (AS), recently purchased a paid, one-way Qatar Airways (QR) Business Classic (R Class) for May 2023 MNL-DOH-SEA, and also entered my AS frequent flyer number at time of booking. QR did not permit pre-selection of seats at time of booking unless the seats were purchased. I understand complimentary pre-selected seats at time of booking is one of QR R Class restrictions, but does OWE status not carry any benefit in this area?
I initially tried working around the system (both app and website), pre-selecting seats without payment, exiting the app/website, and checking back later to see if QR accepted my seat request. They did not. I ended up paying for the seats for both legs because I wanted to sit in specific seats with other family members on the same itinerary.
Have you ever heard of QR refunding R Class seat-selection charges to OWEs? I reached out to QR and have yet to hear a response. Have any other OWEs run into similar issues?
What is the benefit of OWE status if both elite-/non-elite status passengers end up paying exact amounts to pre-select seats in QR R Class?
Kathy
April 27, 2023
Please help me. I have a flight from Perth Australia booked in August to gatwick london, one of the legs of the journey was cancelled and rebooked and now the flight from perth arrives 4 hours after the departure of the 2nd leg. I contacted the airline but they tell me to contact Oneworld but there is no contact number for them or an email address. What kind of company is this? I booked through them it is there responsibility to assist.
Jarrod West
April 28, 2023
Hi Kathy,
To my knowledge, it is not possible to book a flight directly through Oneworld. When you perform a flight search on the Oneworld website it takes you to a specific airline page to complete the booking once you select the flight. So you’ll need to contact whichever airline you made the booking through, you should have an email confirmation of this. Unless you booked through a 3rd party platform (like Expedia or something similar), then you would need to contact them.
Faisal Tariq
June 20, 2023
Hi
I have plenty of points in Finnair but I do not fly Finnair anymore.
I have opened an account in BA Executive Club. Can I transfer my Finnair points to BA Executive Club Avios points?
Keri Stooksbury
June 20, 2023
Hi Faisal – You can’t transfer your Finnair points to another airline but you can use them to fly a partner airline. Here is our guide with more details on how to redeem your Finnair Plus points.
Jose Losacco
June 22, 2023
Question.
I am an American Express card member. I have Membership Rewards points and I was wondering how I can transfer points from American Express to Alaska Airlines? I see that they are your top partner so how can i use those reward points to pay for a Alaska Airlines ticket? Thank you for any advice.
Keri Stooksbury
June 22, 2023
Hi Jose – We have a full list of Amex transfer partners in a seperate guide. Alaska is not a direct partner of Amex. You might be able to book Alaska flights via British Airways Avios – check out our guide to redeeming Amex points for more details. Thanks for reading!
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